What follows is the complete alphabetical and numerical order
list of all games receiving votes for inclusion in the Century Group
by BPA members for the year 2001. In all, a total of 270 different
titles received legal votes - showing the great diversity of interests
among our members. Many wasted votes on games which were already
in the Century and thus not recorded. We were not without our
share of swinging chad controversies ... having to poll the Board
of Directors to determine if votes for a series of games could
be counted as wild card votes for all games which are part of
that series or whether the series must stand alone as a separate
item. The Board ruled the latter. Fortunately, it did not affect
the outcome -- even combining the votes of the series and the
game in that series would have left it short of the top ten. Our
election reform plans include making that distinction clearer
in the future.

Our politicians never miss a chance to drive home the point
that every vote counts. The closeness of the recent U. S. presidential
race has driven that point home with emphasis - but even that
once-in-a-lifetime occurance really swung on the basis of hundreds
of votes - not one. In the Century vote, however, one vote does
make a difference both because the electorate is so much smaller
and the candidates so more numerous. One person changing his/her
vote in our election would have made the difference in
a game making the Century Group. Next year - be sure to vote for
the games you want to play!